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> "Hong Kong is a very rich area. Many other areas would fare much worse." Being rich or poor doesn't have too much to do with it. Hong Kong is badly affected
by Reason077 5y ago
> "Hong Kong is a very rich area. Many other areas would fare much worse."
Being rich or poor doesn't have too much to do with it. Hong Kong is badly affected because it has a very high population density combined with low vaccination rates.
- tenpies 5y agoWealth did have a very strong effect, just not the one we usually see. Poorer countries faired better against the disease itself: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-confirmed-deaths-of-covid-19-per-million-people-vs-gdp-per-capita https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-confirmed-deaths-of... And it's not population density either, otherwise Bangladesh and India would be leading the packs in deaths, but they're comfortably in the middle while much of Europe pushes the top. Where this falls apart is in government reaction to the disease, that has absolutely eviscerated the middle and poor classes.
- Reason077 5y agoDespite having high overall population densities and some dense cities, India and Bangladesh are still largely (60-80%) rural populations. Totally different to Hong Kong where the population is >99% urban, living in cramped and often poorly-ventilated apartment towers.
- fauigerzigerk 5y agoI think the very different age distribution explains a lot of that